Measurement configuration method, terminal and base station

ABSTRACT

A measurement configuration method, a terminal, and a base station. The method comprises: receiving resource configuration information for channel measurement and interference measurement transmitted by a base station, wherein the resource configuration information comprises N channel measurement resources and M interference measurement resources, and both N and M are integers greater than or equal to 1.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

The present application claims priority of Chinese Patent ApplicationNo. 201910881926.9, filed on Sep. 18, 2019, the contents of which arehereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of mobile communicationtechnologies, in particular to a measurement configuration method, aterminal, and a base station.

BACKGROUND

When performing downlink beam measurement, the network side usuallytransmits a Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) or aSynchronization Signal Block (SSB), and User Equipment (UE) receives theCSI-RS or the SSB through different receiving beams, to measure a valueof Layer 1-Reference Signal Received Power (L1-RSRP) of the CSI-RS/SSBfor each receiving beam.

In the related technologies, it merely defines how the UE performsL1-RSRP reporting in current beam quality reporting. For example, in thecase that parameter nrofReportedRS is equal to 1, one CRI/SSBRI and thecorresponding L1-RSRP value are reported. In the case that parameternrofReportedRS is greater than 1, one or two or four CRI/SSBRIs andvalues of the corresponding L1-RSRP are reported in a differentialmanner. In the current beam measurement, merely the L1-RSRP isconsidered, and the selected beam quality cannot reflect theinterference to the beam and cannot meet the communication requirements.

SUMMARY

At least one embodiment of the present disclosure provides a measurementconfiguration method, a terminal, and a network device. The terminal isconfigured with resources for channel measurement and interferencemeasurement, and more measurement resources can be provided for beamquality measurement.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, at least oneembodiment provides a measurement configuration method applied to aterminal, the method including the following operations.

Resource configuration information for channel measurement andinterference measurement are received from a base station. The resourceconfiguration information includes N channel measurement resources and Minterference measurement resources, and both N and M are integersgreater than or equal to 1.

Optionally, in the above method, each of the channel measurementresources may be CSI-RS or SSB, and each of the interference measurementresources may be CSI-RS.

Optionally, the method may further include the following operations.

The channel measurement resources and the interference measurementresources may be measured according to the resource configurationinformation, and at least one Layer 1-Signal Interference plus NoiseRatio (L1-SINR) may be calculated according to measurement of thechannel measurement resources and the interference measurementresources.

Optionally, the method may further include the following operations.

First Quasi Co-Location (QCL) configuration information may be receivedfrom the base station. The first QCL configuration information may beused to configure QCL-Type D information of the channel measurementresources and QCL-Type D information of the interference measurementresources.

The L1-SINR may be calculated from measurement of a channel measurementresource and an interference measurement resource that have a QCL-Type Drelationship with each other.

Optionally, the method may further include the following operations.

Second QCL configuration information may be received from the basestation. The second QCL configuration information may be used toconfigure the QCL-Type D information of the channel measurementresources.

Herein the L1-SINR may be calculated from measurement of a channelmeasurement resource and an interference measurement resource which isthe same as the channel measurement resource in terms of spatialfiltering or QCL-Type D.

Optionally, the method may further include the following operations.

The L1-SINR and an identifier of a channel measurement resourcecorresponding to the L1-SINR and/or an identifier of an interferencemeasurement resource corresponding to the L1-SINR may be reported to thebase station.

Optionally, in the above method, M may be equal to N, and the N channelmeasurement resources and N interference measurement resources may be inone-to-one correspondence in a predetermined order.

Optionally, in the above method, the at least one L1-SINR may becalculated according to measurement of the channel measurement resourcesand the interference measurement resources, which may include thefollowing operations.

A channel measurement resource and an interference measurement resourcecorresponding to each other may be measured in a same receivingdirection, and different channel measurement resources may be measuredin different receiving directions.

Each of the at least one L1-SINR may be calculated according tomeasurement of a channel measurement resource and an interferencemeasurement resource corresponding to each other in the same receivingdirection.

Optionally, in the above method, the L1-SINR and the identifier of thechannel measurement resource and/or the identifier of the interferencemeasurement resource corresponding to the L1-SINR are reported to thebase station, which may include the following operations.

Y L1-SINRs may be selected from the at least one L1-SINR, and the YL1-SINRs and identifier of channel measurement resources correspondingto the Y L1-SINRs and/or identifiers of interference measurementresources corresponding to the Y L1-SINRs may be reported to the basestation; herein Y is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

Optionally, in the above method, the N channel measurement resources maybe located before the M interference measurement resources in timedomain.

Optionally, in the above method, the at least one L1-SINR may becalculated according to the measurement of the channel measurementresources and the interference measurement resources, which may includethe following operations.

The N channel measurement resources may be measured in differentreceiving directions, and X channel measurement resources may beselected according to a first measurement.

The M interference measurement resources may be measured in thereceiving directions corresponding to the X channel measurementresources to obtain a second measurement.

The at least one L1-SINR may be calculated according to measurement ofthe channel measurement resources and the interference measurementresources in the same receiving direction.

Optionally, in the above method, the L1-SINR and the identifier of thechannel measurement resource corresponding to the L1-SINR and/or theidentifier of the interference measurement resource corresponding to theL1-SINR are reported to the base station, which may include thefollowing operations.

Z L1-SINRs may be selected from the at least one L1-SINR; the Z L1-SINRsand identifiers of channel measurement resources corresponding to the ZL1-SINRs and identifiers of interference measurement resourcescorresponding to the Z L1-SINRs may be reported to the base station;herein the Z is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

Optionally, in the above method, the M interference measurementresources may include N first interference measurement resources and Ssecond interference measurement resources, the N channel measurementresources and the N first interference measurement resource may be inone-to-one correspondence in a predetermined order, and the N channelmeasurement resources may be located before the S second interferencemeasurement resources in time domain.

Optionally, in the above method, the at least one L1-SINR may becalculated according to the measurement of the channel measurementresources and the interference measurement resources, which may includethe following operations.

A channel measurement resource and a first interference measurementresource corresponding to each other may be measured in the samereceiving direction, and different channel measurement resources may bemeasured in different receiving directions.

Each of at least one L1-SINR may be calculated according to measurementof the channel measurement resource and the first interferencemeasurement resource corresponding to each other in the same receivingdirection.

P L1-SINRs may be selected from the at least one L1-SINR, and Preceiving directions corresponding to the P L1-SINRs may be determined;herein P is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

The S second interference measurement resources may be measured in the Preceiving directions.

Each of the at least one L1-SINR may be calculated according tomeasurement of a channel measurement resource and a second interferencemeasurement resource in the same receiving direction.

Optionally, in the above method, the L1-SINR and an identifier of achannel measurement resource and/or an identifier of a secondinterference measurement resource corresponding to the L1-SINR arereported to the base station, which may include the followingoperations.

L L1-SINRs may be selected from the at least one L1-SINR. The L L1-SINRsand identifiers of channel measurement resources and identifiers ofsecond interference measurement resources corresponding to the LL1-SINRs may be reported to the base station; herein the L is an integergreater than or equal to 1.

Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a measurementconfiguration method applied to a base station, including the followingoperations.

Resource configuration information for channel measurement andinterference measurement is transmitted to a terminal. The resourceconfiguration information includes N channel measurement resources and Minterference measurement resources, and both N and M are integersgreater than or equal to 1.

Optionally, in the above method, each of the channel measurementresources may be CSI-RS or SSB, and each of the interference measurementresources may be CSI-RS.

Optionally, the method may further include the following operations.

a L1-SINR and an identifier of a channel measurement resource and/or anidentifier of an interference measurement resource corresponding to theL1-SINR reported by the terminal may be received.

Optionally, the method may further include the following operations.

First QCL configuration information may be transmitted to the terminal.The first QCL configuration information is used to configure QCL-Type Dinformation of the channel measurement resource and QCL-Type Dinformation of the interference measurement resource.

Herein the L1-SINR may be calculated from measurement of a channelmeasurement resource and an interference measurement resource that havea QCL-Type D relationship with each other.

Optionally, the method may further include the following operations.

Second QCL configuration information may be transmitted to the terminal.The first QCL configuration information is used to configure theQCL-Type D information of the channel measurement resources,

Herein the L1-SINR may be calculated from measurement of a channelmeasurement resource and an interference measurement resource which isthe same as the channel measurement resource in terms of spatialfiltering or QCL-Type D.

Optionally, in the above method, M may be equal to N, and the N channelmeasurement resources and N interference measurement resources may be inone-to-one correspondence in a predetermined order.

Optionally, in the above method, the N channel measurement resources maybe located before the M interference measurement resources in timedomain.

Optionally, in the above method, the M interference measurementresources may include N first interference measurement resources and Ssecond interference measurement resources, the N channel measurementresources and the N first interference measurement resource may be inone-to-one correspondence in a predetermined order, and the N channelmeasurement resources may be located before the S second interferencemeasurement resources in time domain.

Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a terminal,including: a receiving module, configured to receive resourceconfiguration information for channel measurement and interferencemeasurement from a base station. The resource configuration informationincludes N channel measurement resources and M interference measurementresources, and both N and M are integers greater than or equal to 1.

Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a terminal,including a transceiver and a processor. The transceiver is configuredto receive resource configuration information for channel measurementand interference measurement from a base station. The resourceconfiguration information includes N channel measurement resources and Minterference measurement resources, and both N and M are integersgreater than or equal to 1.

Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a terminal,including a processor, a memory, and a program stored in the memory andexecutable by the processor, wherein the program, when executed by theprocessor, implement operations of the measurement configuration method.

Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a base station,including: a transmitting module, configured to transmit resourceconfiguration information for channel measurement and interferencemeasurement to a terminal. The resource configuration informationincludes N channel measurement resources and M interference measurementresources, and both N and M are integers greater than or equal to 1.

Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a base station,including a transceiver and a processor. The transceiver is configuredto transmit resource configuration information for channel measurementand interference measurement to a terminal. The resource configurationinformation includes N channel measurement resources and M interferencemeasurement resources, and both N and M are integers greater than orequal to 1.

Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a base station,including a processor, a memory, and a program stored in the memory andexecutable by the processor, the program, when executed by theprocessor, implement operations of the above measurement configurationmethod.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, at least oneembodiment provides a computer-readable storage medium having a computerprogram stored thereon, wherein the computer program, when executed by aprocessor, implement operations of the above measurement configurationmethod.

Compared with related techniques, the measurement configuration method,the terminal, and the base station according to the embodiment of thepresent disclosure can configure channel measurement resources andinterference measurement resources for the terminal, thereby providingmore measurement resources for beam quality measurement. Furthermore,embodiments of the present disclosure can also measure and report theL1-SINRs of the beams based on the measurement resources, so that thebase station can select a more suitable beam(s) based on the L1-SINRs.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

By reading the following detailed description, various other advantagesand benefits will become apparent to those skilled in the art. Thedrawings are for the purpose of illustrating embodiments only and arenot considered to be a limitation of the present disclosure. Also, thesame parts are denoted by the same reference numerals throughout thedrawings. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a diagram of an application scenario according to anembodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a measurement configuration method applied to aterminal side according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a diagram of example 1 of resource configuration according toan embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a diagram of example 1 of resource configuration according toan embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 5 is a diagram of example 1 of resource configuration according toan embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a measurement configuration method applied to abase station side according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 7 is a structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodimentof the present disclosure.

FIG. 8 is another structural diagram of a terminal according to anembodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 9 is a structural diagram of a network device according to anembodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 10 is another structural diagram of a network device according toan embodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described inmore detail below with reference to the drawings. While exemplaryembodiments of the present disclosure are illustrated in the drawings,it should be understood that the disclosure may be implemented invarious forms without being limited by the embodiments set forth herein.Rather, these embodiments are provided to enable a more thoroughunderstanding of the disclosure and to enable the full scope of thedisclosure to be communicated to those skilled in the art.

The terms “first”, “second” and the like in the specification and claimsof the present application are used to distinguish similar objects anddo not need be used to describe a particular order or priority. Itshould be understood that the terms used in this way can be interchangedwhere appropriate so that embodiments of the present disclosuredescribed herein for example can be implemented in an order other thanthose illustrated or described herein. In addition, the terms“including” and “having” and any variations of them are intended tocover non-exclusive inclusion. For example, processes, methods,products, or devices that include a series of operations or units maynot need to be limited to those clearly listed, but may include othersteps or units that are not clearly listed or inherent to suchprocesses, methods, products, or devices. “And/or” in specification andclaims denote at least one of the connected object.

Technologies described herein are not limited to New Radio (NR) systemand Long Time Evolution (LTE)/LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) system, and may alsobe be used in various wireless communication systems such as CodeDivision Multiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA),Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency DivisionMultiple Access (OFDMA), Single-carrier Frequency-Division MultipleAccess (SC-FDMA) and other systems. The terms “system” and “network” areoften used interchangeably. CDMA systems can implement radiotechnologies such as CDMA2000, Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA)and so on. UTRA includes Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA)and other CDMA variants. TDMA systems can implement radio technologiessuch as the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM). The OFDMAsystem can implement radio technologies such as UltraMobile Broadband(UMB), Evolution-UTRA (E-UTRA), IEEE 802.21 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16(WiMAX), IEEE 802.20 and Flash-OFDM, etc. UTRA and E-UTRA are part ofthe Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS). LTE and moreadvanced LTE (such as LTE-A) are new versions of UMTS using E-UTRA.UTRA, E-UTRA, UMTS, LTE, LTE-A, and GSM are described in the literatureof the organization called the 3rd Generation Partnership Project(3GPP). CDMA 2000 and UMB are described in literature of theorganization called “Third Generation Partnership Project 2” (3GPP2).The technologies described herein may be used both for theabove-mentioned systems and radio technologies and for other systems andradio technologies. However, the following description describes an NRsystem for example purpose, and uses NR terms in most of the followingdescriptions, although these techniques may be applied to applicationsother than NR system applications.

The following description provides embodiments without limiting thescope, applicability, or configuration set forth in the claims. Thefunctionality and arrangement of the discussed elements may be changedwithout departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure.Various examples may suitably omit, replace, or add various protocols orcomponents. For example, the described methods may be performed in adifferent order from that described, and various steps may be added,omitted, or combined. In addition, features described with reference tocertain embodiments may be combined in other embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 1, a block diagram of a wireless communication systemto which embodiments of the present disclosure are applicable isillustrated. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11and a network device 12. The terminal 11 may also be referred to as auser terminal or a UE. The terminal 11 may be a terminal-side devicesuch as a mobile phone, a Tablet Personal Computer, a Laptop Computer, aPersonal Digital Assistant (PDA), a Mobile Internet Device (MID), aWearable Device, or a vehicle-mounted device. It should be noted thatthe specific type of the terminal 11 is not limited in the embodiment ofthe present disclosure. The network device 12 may be a base stationand/or a core network element; herein the base station may be a basestation (e.g., gNB, 5G NR NB, etc.) of 5G and later versions, or a basestation (e.g., eNBs, WLAN access points, or other access points, etc.)in another communication system; herein the base station may be referredto as Node B, Evolved Node B, access point, Base Transceiver Station(BTS), radio base station, radio transceiver, Basic Service Set (BSS),Extended Service Set (ESS), Home Node B, Home Evolved Node B, WLANaccess point, Wi-Fi node, or some other suitable term in the art. Thebase station is not limited to a particular technical term as long asthe same technical effect is achieved. It should be noted that, in theembodiment of the present disclosure, only the base station in the NRsystem is used as an example, but the specific type of the base stationis not limited.

The base station may communicate with the terminal 11 under the controlof a base station controller, which in various examples may be part of acore network or some base stations. Some base stations may communicatecontrol information or user data with the core network via backhaul. Insome embodiments, some of these base stations may communicate with eachother directly or indirectly over a backhaul link, which may be a wiredor wireless communication link. A wireless communication system maysupport operation on multiple carriers (waveform signals of differentfrequencies). A multi-carrier transmitter can simultaneously transmitmodulated signals on the multiple carriers. For example, eachcommunication link may be a multi-carrier signal modulated according tovarious radio technologies. Each modulated signal may be transmitted ona different carrier and may carry control information (e.g., referencesignals, control channels, etc.), overhead information, data, etc.

The base station may be in wireless communication with the terminal 11via one or more access point antennas. Each base station may providecommunication coverage for its respective coverage area. The coveragearea of the access point may be divided into sectors that constituteonly a portion of the coverage area. The wireless communication systemsmay include different types of base stations (e.g. macro base stations,micro base stations or pico base stations). The base stations may alsoutilize different radio technologies such as cellular or WLAN radioaccess technologies. The base stations may be associated with the sameor different access networks or operator deployments. Coverage areas ofdifferent base stations (including coverage areas of the same ordifferent types of base stations, coverage areas utilizing the same ordifferent radio technologies, or coverage areas belonging to the same ordifferent access networks) may overlap.

The communication link in the wireless communication system may includean uplink for carrying Uplink (UL) transmission (e.g. from terminal 11to network device 12) or a downlink for carrying Downlink (DL)transmission (e.g. from network device 12 to terminal 11). The ULtransmission may also be referred to as reverse link transmissions, andthe DL transmission may also be referred to as forward linktransmission. The DL transmission may be performed using a licensedfrequency band, an unlicensed frequency band, or both. Similarly, ULtransmission may be performed using licensed frequency band, unlicensedfrequency band, or both.

As described in the Background section, in the related technologies,generally, merely Layer 1-Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio(L1-RSRP) is considered for beam measurement, and the problem ofinterference to the beams is not considered. It is possible thatalthough the L1-RSRP of the selected beam is relatively high, theinterference is also very high, resulting in a relatively low L1-SINR ofthe beam. There is currently no measurement mechanism for the L1-SINR ofthe beam in the related technologies, and there is no solution forconfiguring channel measurement resources and interference measurementresources on the network side. In addition, there is no format andscheme for UE to report L1-SINR in the related technologies.Accordingly, embodiments of the present disclosure aim to introduce abeam measurement and reporting scheme based on L1-SINR.

Referring to FIG. 2, embodiments of the present disclosure provide ameasurement configuration method. When applied to the terminal, themethod includes the following operations.

At S21, resource configuration information for channel measurement andinterference measurement are received from a base station. The resourceconfiguration information includes N channel measurement resources and Minterference measurement resources, and both N and M are integersgreater than or equal to 1.

Here, optionally, each of the channel measurement resources may beCSI-RS or SSB, and each of the interference measurement resources may beCSI-RS. Specifically, each of the interference measurement resources maybe a Non-Zero Power (NZP) CSI-RS or a Zero Power (ZP) CSI-RS.

Through the above operations, embodiments of the present disclosureconfigure channel measurement resources for channel measurement andinterference measurement resources for interference measurement for theterminal, so that the L1-SINR(s) of the beam(s) can be measured andreported by the terminal based on the above measurement resources,thereby selecting a more suitable beam(s) on the basis of theL1-SINR(s).

After performing the S21, the terminal may further measure the channelmeasurement resources and the interference measurement resourcesaccording to the resource configuration information, and calculate atleast one L1-SINR according to measurement of the channel measurementresources and the interference measurement resources.

According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, theterminal may further receive first QCL configuration information fromthe base station. The first QCL configuration information is used toconfigure QCL-Type D information of the channel measurement resourcesand QCL-Type D information of the interference measurement resources. AnL1-SINR may be calculated from measurement of a channel measurementresource and an interference measurement resource that have a QCL-Type Drelationship with each other.

Here, QCL may refer to quasi-co-address relationship. For example, in anLTE system, quasi-co-location of antenna ports may be an assumptionabout a state between antenna ports. If one antenna port isquasi-co-located with the other antenna port, it means that the terminalmay assume that a large-scale characteristic of a signal received fromone of the antenna ports (or a radio channel corresponding to theantenna port) is the same as a large-scale characteristic of a signalreceived from another antenna port (or a radio channel corresponding tothe another antenna port) in whole or in part. That is, if the channelcharacteristics on an antenna port symbol can be derived from anotherantenna port, it can be assumed that the two ports are in QCL, and thechannel estimation result obtained from one port can be used at theanother port. Currently, types such as QCL-Type A, QCL-Type B, QCL-TypeC, and QCL-Type D are defined for QCL; herein QCL-Type D is thequasi-co-location relationship of the spatial reception parameters.According to other embodiments of the present disclosure, the terminalmay further receive second QCL configuration information from the basestation. The second QCL configuration information is used to configureQCL-Type D information of the channel measurement resources, and anL1-SINR may be calculated from measurement of a channel measurementresource and an interference measurement resource which is the same asthe channel measurement resource in terms of spatial filtering orQCL-Type D.

After at least one L1-SINR is calculated, the terminal may report theL1-SINR(s) and an identifier(s) of a channel measurement resource(s)and/or an identifier(s) of an interference measurement resource(s)corresponding to the L1-SINR(s) to the base station. Specifically, theL1-SINR(s) and the identifier(s) of the channel measurement resource(s)corresponding to the L1-SINR(s) can be reported; or the L1-SINR(s) andthe identifier(s) of the interference measurement resource(s)corresponding to the L1-SINR(s) can be reported; or the L1-SINR(s) andthe identifier(s) of the channel measurement resource(s) and theidentifier(s) of the interference measurement resource(s) correspondingto the L1-SINR(s) can be reported. In addition, the L1-SINR(s) reportedherein may be all or part of the calculated at least one L1-SINR. In thecase of reporting part of the calculated at least one L1-SINR, theterminal may select part of the calculated at least one L1-SINR forreporting in descending order of L1-SINR(s).

The above measurement configuration method will be further described byseveral specific examples below.

Example 1: M May be Equal to N, and the N Channel Measurement Resourcesand N Interference Measurement Resources May be in One-to-OneCorrespondence in a Predetermined Order

In example 1, when the terminal calculates at least one L1-SINRaccording to measurement of the channel measurement resources and theinterference measurement resources, a channel measurement resource andan interference measurement resource corresponding to each other may bemeasured in a same receiving direction; herein for different channelmeasurement resources, receiving directions are different. Each of theat least one L1-SINR may be calculated according to measurement of thechannel measurement resource and the interference measurement resourcecorresponding to each other in the same receiving direction.

In the case that the L1-SINR(s) and the identifier(s) of the channelmeasurement resource(s) and/or the identifier(s) of the interferencemeasurement resource(s) corresponding to the L1-SINR(s) are reported tothe base station, Y L1-SINRs may be selected by the terminal from the atleast one L1-SINR, and the Y L1-SINRs and identifier(s) of channelmeasurement resource(s) and/or identifier(s) of interference measurementresource(s) corresponding to the Y L1-SINRs may be reported to the basestation; herein Y is an integer greater than or equal to 1. For example,the first Y L1-SINRs can be selected in descending order of L1-SINRs.Here, Y may be a predetermined value or a value configured by the basestation.

In example 1, the base station may configure N channel measurementresources and N interference measurement resources, and correspond thechannel measurement resources to interference measurement resources oneto one in a certain order to calculate the L1-SINR(s). Further, theterminal may receive each pair of channel measurement resources andinterference measurement resources through the same receiving beam.

The beneficial effects of the example 1 include at least as follows: itcan be used for the base station to determine the optimal receivingbeam. Especially after the base station has certain prior information,and desires that the terminal perform a more accurate L1-SINRmeasurement, so as to determine an optimal receiving beam. For example,if the base station already has some measurements (such as ChannelQuality Indicator, CQI, RSRP, etc.) of the beams and desires to makemore accurate pairing on this basis, the base station may configure theabove channel measurement resources and interference measurementresources for the terminal.

FIG. 3 illustrates a specific resource configuration scheme of example1, in which the base station configures four Channel MeasurementResources (CMRs) with identifiers from CMR 0 to CMR 3, and fourInterference Measurement Resources (IMRs) with identifiers from IMR 0 toIMR 3 for the terminal. The positional relationship of the aboveresources in time domain is illustrated in FIG. 3. It can be seen that aCMR and an IMR with the same identifier have the same position in timedomain. The terminal determines one-to-one correspondences of CMRs andIMRs according to an order of identifiers of CMRs and IMRs.Specifically, CMR 0 corresponds to IMR 0, CMR 1 corresponds to IMR 1,CMR 2 corresponds to IMR 2, and CMR 3 corresponds to IMR 3. Of course,embodiments of the present disclosure may also define the correspondencerelationship in other ways, as long as the terminal and the base stationdetermine the correspondence relationship in the same way. The terminalmay adopt different receiving beams, such as Beam 0 to Beam 3, tomeasure the channel measurement resources and the interferencemeasurement resources. Herein, the same receiving beam may be adoptedfor a channel measurement resource and an interference measurementresource corresponding to the channel measurement resource. Thus, theterminal can calculate the L1-SINRs corresponding four pairs of CMRs andIMRs, which represent L1-SINRs in four directions of receiving beams.

For reporting of L1-SINR, the reporting format 1 that the terminal mayadopt includes:

L1-SINR and the identifier of the channel measurement resourcecorresponding to the L1-SINR.

L1-SINR and the identifier of the interference measurement resourcecorresponding to the L1-SINR.

L1-SINR and the identifier of the channel measurement resource and theidentifier of the interference measurement resource corresponding to theL1-SINR.

In addition, the terminal may report the L1-SINR with the largest value,or report Y identifiers of the channel measurement resources and Ycorresponding L1-SINRs. When multiple L1-SINRs are reported,differential reporting format can be adopted.

Example 2: The N Channel Measurement Resources May be Located Before theM Interference Measurement Resources in Time Domain

In example 2, when the terminal calculates at least one L1-SINRaccording to measurement of the channel measurement resources and theinterference measurement resources, the N channel measurement resourcesmay be measured in different receiving directions to obtain a firstmeasurement, which may be received signal strengths, and X channelmeasurement resources may be selected according to the firstmeasurement. For example, X receiving beams may be selected indescending order of the received signal strengths. M interferencemeasurement resources may be measured in the receiving directionscorresponding to the X channel measurement resources to obtain a secondmeasurement, and each of the at least one L1-SINR may be calculatedaccording to measurement of a channel measurement resource and aninterference measurement resource in the same receiving direction.

In the case that the L1-SINR(s) and the identifier(s) of the channelmeasurement resource(s) and/or the identifier(s) of the interferencemeasurement resource(s) corresponding to the L1-SINR(s) are reported tothe base station, Z L1-SINRs may be selected by the terminal from the atleast one L1-SINR, and the Z L1-SINRs and identifier(s) of channelmeasurement resource(s) and identifier(s) of interference measurementresources(s) corresponding to the Z L1-SINRs may be reported to the basestation; herein Z is an integer greater than or equal to 1. For example,the L1-SINRs are sorted in in descending order, and the first Z L1-SINRscan be selected. Here, Z may be a predetermined value or a valueconfigured by the base station.

In example 2, the base station configures N channel measurementresources and M interference measurement resources, and the channelmeasurement resources and interference the measurement resources can bestaggered in a Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) manner in time domain.The terminal firstly measures the channel measurement resources,determines X receiving beam directions according to measurement of thechannel measurement resources, and then receives M interferencemeasurement resources in the determined X receiving beam directions.Since there are M interference measurement resources, M L1-SINRs can becalculated.

The beneficial effects of the second example include at least asfollows: when determining the multi-user pairing of theMulti-User-Multi-Input-Multi-Output (MU-MIMO), for example, the basestation may configure the receiving beam direction of a CMRcorresponding to one of the selected M L1-SINRs to UE1, configure thereceiving beam direction of an IMR corresponding to the L1-SINR to UE2,and performs multi-user pairing for UE1 and UE2, thereby reducinginterference between UE1 and UE2.

FIG. 4 illustrates a specific resource configuration scheme of example2, in which the base station configures four CMRs with identifiers fromCMR 0 to CMR 3, and two IMRs with identifiers from IMR 0 to IMR 1 forthe terminal. The positional relationship of the above resources in timedomain is illustrated in FIG. 4. It can be seen that time domainpositions of the CMRs are different from those of the IMRs. The terminalmay adopt different receiving beams, such as Beam 0 to Beam 3, tomeasure the channel measurement resources, respectively. Then, accordingto the order of RSRP sizes, a receiving beam(s) (assuming Beam 1)corresponding to the largest X (assuming one here) RSRP(s) is/areselected. The interference measurement resources IMR 0 and IMR 1 arereceived through the receiving beam Beam 1, so that the M L1-SINRs (twoL1-SINRs here) are calculated by using the measurement of the channelmeasurement resources and the interference measurement resourcesmeasured through the receiving beam(s).

For reporting of an L1-SINR, the reporting format 2 that the terminalmay adopt includes:

L1-SINR and the identifier of the channel measurement resource and theidentifier of the interference measurement resource corresponding to theL1-SINR.

In addition, the terminal may report the L1-SINR with the largest value,or report Z L1-SINRs and the identifiers of the channel measurementresources corresponding to the Z L1-SINRs and the identifiers of theinterference measurement resources corresponding to the Z L1-SINRs. Whenmultiple L1-SINRs are reported, a differential reporting format can beadopted.

Example 3: The M Interference Measurement Resources May Include N FirstInterference Measurement Resources and S Second Interference MeasurementResources, the N Channel Measurement Resources and the N FirstInterference Measurement Resource May be in One-to-One Correspondence ina Predetermined Order, and the N Channel Measurement Resources May beLocated Before the S Second Interference Measurement Resources in TimeDomain

In example 3, when the terminal calculates at least one L1-SINRaccording to measurement of the channel measurement resources and theinterference measurement resources, a channel measurement resource and afirst interference measurement resource corresponding to the channelmeasurement resource may be measured in the same receiving direction;for different channel measurement resources, different receivingdirections may be adopted. Each of at least one L1-SINR may becalculated according to measurement of a channel measurement resourceand a first interference measurement resource corresponding to channelmeasurement resource in the same receiving direction. P L1-SINRs may beselected from the at least one L1-SINR, and P receiving directionscorresponding to the P L1-SINRs may be determined; herein P is aninteger greater than or equal to 1. For example, P L1-SINRs may beselected in descending order of LI-SINRs. The S second interferencemeasurement resources may be measured in the P receiving directions, andeach of the at least one L1-SINR may be calculated according tomeasurement of a channel measurement resource and a second interferencemeasurement resource in the same receiving direction.

When the L1-SINR(s) and the identifier(s) of the channel measurementresource(s) and/or the identifier(s) of the interference measurementresource(s) corresponding to the L1-SINR(s) are reported to the basestation, L L1-SINRs may be selected from the at least one L1-SINR by theterminal; the L L1-SINRs and an identifiers of channel measurementresources and identifiers of second interference measurement resourcescorresponding to the L L1-SINRs may be reported to the base station;herein the L is an integer greater than or equal to 1. For example, thefirst L L1-SINRs can be selected in descending order of L1-SINRs. Here,L may be a predetermined value or a value configured by the basestation.

In example 3, the base station configures N channel measurementresources, N first interference measurement resources and S secondinterference measurement resources; herein the N channel measurementresources and the N first interference measurement resources are inone-to-one correspondence in a certain order, and the channelmeasurement resources and the second interference measurement resourcesneed to be staggered in a TDM manner in time domain. The terminalperforms measurement based on the N channel measurement resources andthe N first interference measurement resources, calculates N firstL1-SINRs, each according to a respective one of the N channelmeasurement resources and a respective one of the N first firstinterference measurement resources corresponding to each other, selectsP first L1-SINRs from the N first L1-SINRs, determines P receivingdirections corresponding to the P first L1-SINRs, performs measurementon the S second interference measurement resources by using the Preceiving directions, and calculates S L1-SINRs, each according to themeasurement of a channel measurement resource and a second interferencemeasurement resource in the same receiving direction.

FIG. 5 illustrates a specific resource configuration scheme of example3, in which the base station configures four CMRs with identifiers fromCMR 0 to CMR 3, and six IMRs with identifiers from IMR 0 to IMR 5 forthe terminal. The positional relationship of the above resources in timedomain is illustrated in FIG. 5. It can be seen that time domainpositions of the channel measurement resources and IMR 4-IMR 5 aredifferent. The terminal may adopt different receiving beams, such asBeam 0 to Beam 3, to measure the CMR 0-CMR 3 and IMR 0-IMR 3,respectively. The same receiving beam may be adopted for a channelmeasurement resource and an interference measurement resourcecorresponding to the channel measurement resource. Thus, the terminalcan calculate the L1-SINRs corresponding to four pairs of CMRs and IMRs,which represent L1-SINRs in four directions of receiving beams. Then, areceiving beam(s) (assuming Beam 1) corresponding to the largest P(assuming one here) RSRP(s) is/are selected in descending order ofL1-SINRs. The interference measurement resources IMR 4 and IMR 5 arereceived through the receiving beam Beam 1, so that the 2 L1-SINRs canbe calculated by using the measurement of the channel measurementresources CMR 1 and the interference measurement resources IMR 4 and IMR5 measured through the receiving beam.

For reporting of the L1-SINR(s), the reporting format 3 that theterminal may adopt is similar to the reporting format 2 of example 2.

FIG. 6 provides a flowchart of a measurement configuration methodapplied to a base station side according to embodiments of the presentdisclosure, including the following operations.

At S61, resource configuration information for channel measurement andinterference measurement is transmitted to a terminal. The resourceconfiguration information includes N channel measurement resources and Minterference measurement resources, and both N and M are integersgreater than or equal to 1.

Here, Optionally, each of the channel measurement resources may beCSI-RS or SSB, and each of the interference measurement resources may beCSI-RS. Specifically, each of the interference measurement resource maybe a Non-Zero Power (NZP) CSI-RS or a Zero Power (ZP) CSI-RS.

Through the above operations, the base station of embodiments of thepresent disclosure configures channel measurement resources for channelmeasurement and interference measurement resources for interferencemeasurement for the terminal, so that the L1-SINR(s) of the beam(s) canbe measured and reported by the terminal based on the above measurementresources, thereby selecting a more suitable beam(s) on the basis of theL1-SINR(s).

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, after the operation 61 isperformed, the base station may further receive a L1-SINR(s) and anidentifier(s) of a channel measurement resource(s) and/or anidentifier(s) of an interference measurement resource(s) correspondingto the L1-SINR(s) reported by the terminal.

Furthermore, the base station may configure the receiving beam(s) forthe terminal based on the L1-SINR(s) and the identifier(s) of thechannel measurement resource(s) and/or the identifier(s) of theinterference measurement resource(s) corresponding to the L1-SINR(s)reported by the terminal, for example, configure the receiving beamreceived by the terminal corresponding to the maximum L1-SINR as thereceiving beam of the terminal.

According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the basestation may further transmit first QCL configuration information to theterminal. The first QCL configuration information is used to configureQCL-Type D information of the channel measurement resources and QCL-TypeD information of the interference measurement resources. Herein anL1-SINR may be calculated from measurement of a channel measurementresource and an interference measurement resource that have a QCL-Type Drelationship with each other.

According to other embodiments of the present disclosure, the basestation may further transmit second QCL configuration information to theterminal. The second QCL configuration information is used to configureQCL-Type D information of the channel measurement resources, and anL1-SINR may be calculated from measurement of a channel measurementresource and an interference measurement resource which is the same asthe channel measurement resource in terms of spatial filtering orQCL-Type D.

Optionally, corresponding to the above-mentioned example 1, M may beequal to N, and the N channel measurement resources and N interferencemeasurement resources may be in one-to-one correspondence in apredetermined order.

Optionally, corresponding to the above-mentioned example 2, the Nchannel measurement resources may be located before the M interferencemeasurement resources in time domain.

Optionally, corresponding to the above-mentioned example 3, the Minterference measurement resources may include N first interferencemeasurement resources and S second interference measurement resources,the N channel measurement resources and the N first interferencemeasurement resource may be in one-to-one correspondence in apredetermined order, and the N channel measurement resources may belocated before the S second interference measurement resources in timedomain.

Optionally, when the base station performs multi-user pairing forMU-MIMO, based on L1-SINRs and identifiers of channel measurementresources and/or identifiers of interference measurement resourcescorresponding to the L1-SINRs reported by the terminal, a receiving beamdirection of a channel measurement resource corresponding to a sameL1-SINR in the reported L1-SINRs is configured to the terminal, and areceiving beam direction of an interference measurement resourcecorresponding to the L1-SINR is configured to another terminal. Hereinthe another terminal and the terminal belong to the same multi-userpairing.

Based on the above methods, embodiment of the present disclosure furtherprovides a device for implementing the above methods.

Referring to FIG. 7, embodiments of the present disclosure provide aterminal 70, including a receiving module 70, configured to receiveresource configuration information for channel measurement andinterference measurement from a base station. The resource configurationinformation includes N channel measurement resources and M interferencemeasurement resources, and both N and M are integers greater than orequal to 1.

Optionally, the terminal further includes a measuring unit, configuredto measure the channel measurement resources and the interferencemeasurement resources according to the resource configurationinformation, and calculate at least one L1-SINR according to measurementof the channel measurement resources and the interference measurementresources.

Optionally, the terminal further includes a receiving unit, configuredto receive QCL configuration information from the base station. The QCLconfiguration information is used to configure a channel measurementresource and an interference measurement resource that have a QCL-Type Drelationship with each other.

Herein the L1-SINR may be calculated from measurement of a channelmeasurement resource and an interference measurement resource that havea QCL-Type D relationship with each other.

Optionally, the terminal further includes a reporting unit, configuredto report the L1-SINR and an identifier of a channel measurementresource and/or an identifier of an interference measurement resourcecorresponding to the L1-SINR to the base station.

Optionally, M may be equal to N, and the N channel measurement resourcesand N interference measurement resources may be in one-to-onecorrespondence in a predetermined order.

Optionally, the measuring unit is further configured to measure achannel measurement resource and an interference measurement resourcecorresponding to each other in a same receiving direction, receivingdirections for different channel measurement resources being different,and calculate each of at least one L1-SINR according to measurement of achannel measurement resource and an interference measurement resourcecorresponding to each other in the same receiving direction.

Optionally, the reporting unit is further configured to select YL1-SINRs from the at least one L1-SINR, and report the Y L1-SINRs andidentifiers of channel measurement resources and/or identifiers ofinterference measurement resources corresponding to the Y L1-SINRs tothe base station; herein Y is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

Optionally, the N channel measurement resources may be located beforethe M interference measurement resources in time domain.

Optionally, the measuring unit is further configured to measure the Nchannel measurement resources in difference receiving directions; selectX channel measurement resources according to a first measurement;measure the M interference measurement resources in the receivingdirections corresponding to the X channel measurement resources toobtain a second measurement, and calculate each of the at least oneL1-SINR according to measurement of a channel measurement resource andan interference measurement resource in the same receiving direction.

Optionally, the reporting unit is further configured to select ZL1-SINRs from the at least one L1-SINR; report the Z L1-SINRs andidentifiers of channel measurement resources and identifiers ofinterference measurement resources corresponding to the Z L1-SINRs tothe base station; herein the Z is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

Optionally, the M interference measurement resources may include N firstinterference measurement resources and S second interference measurementresources, the N channel measurement resources and the N firstinterference measurement resource may be in one-to-one correspondence ina predetermined order, and the N channel measurement resources may belocated before the S second interference measurement resources in timedomain.

Optionally, the measuring unit is further configured to measure achannel measurement resource and a first interference measurementresource corresponding to each other in a same receiving direction,receiving directions for different channel measurement resources beingdifferent; calculate each of at least one L1-SINR according tomeasurement of a channel measurement resource and an interferencemeasurement resource corresponding to each other in the same receivingdirection; select P L1-SINRs from the at least one L1-SINR, anddetermine P receiving directions corresponding to the P L1-SINRs, Pbeing an integer greater than or equal to 1; measure the S secondinterference measurement resources in the P receiving directions, andcalculate each of the at least one L1-SINR according to measurement of achannel measurement resource and a second interference measurementresource in the same receiving direction.

Optionally, the reporting unit is further configured to select LL1-SINRs from the at least one L1-SINR; report the L L1-SINRs andidentifiers of a channel measurement resources and an identifiers ofsecond interference measurement resources corresponding to the LL1-SINRs to the base station; herein the L is an integer greater than orequal to 1.

Referring to FIG. 8, embodiments of the present disclosure provideanother structure structural diagram of a terminal, which includes aprocessor 801, a transceiver 802, a memory 803, a user interface 804 anda bus interface.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminal furtherincludes instructions stored in the memory 803 and executable by theprocessor 801. The following operations can be implemented when theinstructions are executed by the processor 801.

Resource configuration information for channel measurement andinterference measurement are received from a base station. Herein, theresource configuration information includes N channel measurementresources and M interference measurement resources, and both N and M areintegers greater than or equal to 1.

In FIG. 8, a bus architecture may include any number of interconnectedbuses and bridges, which are linked together by one or more processorsrepresented by the processor 801 and various circuits of memoriesrepresented by the memory 803. The bus architecture may also linktogether a variety of other circuitry such as peripheral equipment,voltage regulator and power management circuit etc., which are wellknown in the art and therefore will not be further described herein. Thebus interface provides the interface. The transceiver 802 may includemultiple elements, that is, the transceiver 802 may include atransmitter and a receiver, which provides a unit for communicating withvarious other devices over a transmission medium. For different userequipment, the user interface 804 may also be an interface capable ofexternally and inwardly connecting the desired device, the connecteddevice including but not limited to a keypad, a display, a speaker, amicrophone, a joystick, and the like.

The processor 801 is responsible for managing the bus architecture andgeneral processing and the memory 803 may store data used by theprocessor 801 in performing operations.

Optionally, when the program is executed by the processor 803, thefollowing operation may also be implemented.

The channel measurement resources and the interference measurementresources may be measured according to the resource configurationinformation, and at least one L1-SINR may be calculated according tomeasurement of the channel measurement resources and the interferencemeasurement resources.

Optionally, when the program is executed by the processor 803, thefollowing operation may also be implemented.

QCL configuration information is received from the base station. The QCLconfiguration information is used to configure a channel measurementresource and an interference measurement resource that have a QCL-Type Drelationship with each other.

Herein the L1-SINR may be calculated from measurement of a channelmeasurement resource and an interference measurement resource that havea QCL-Type D relationship with each other.

Optionally, when the program is executed by the processor 803, thefollowing operation may also be implemented.

The L1-SINR and an identifier of a channel measurement resource and/oran identifier of an interference measurement resource corresponding tothe L1-SINR may be reported to the base station.

Optionally, M may be equal to N, and the N channel measurement resourcesand N interference measurement resources may be in one-to-onecorrespondence in a predetermined order.

Optionally, when the program is executed by the processor 803, thefollowing operations may also be implemented.

A channel measurement resource and an interference measurement resourcecorresponding to each other may be measured in a same receivingdirection; herein receiving directions for different channel measurementresources are different.

Each of the at least one L1-SINR may be calculated according tomeasurement of a channel measurement resource and an interferencemeasurement resource corresponding to each other in the same receivingdirection.

Optionally, when the program is executed by the processor 803, thefollowing operations may also be implemented.

Y L1-SINRs may be selected from the at least one L1-SINR, and the YL1-SINRs and identifiers of channel measurement resources and/oridentifiers of interference measurement resources corresponding to the YL1-SINRs may be reported to the base station; herein Y is an integergreater than or equal to 1.

Optionally, the N channel measurement resources may be located beforethe M interference measurement resources in time domain.

Optionally, when the program is executed by the processor 803, thefollowing operations may also be implemented.

The N channel measurement resources may be measured in differentreceiving directions, and X channel measurement resources may beselected according to a first measurement.

The M interference measurement resources may be measured in thereceiving directions corresponding to the X channel measurementresources to obtain a second measurement.

Each of the at least one L1-SINR may be calculated according tomeasurement of a channel measurement resource and an interferencemeasurement resource in the same receiving direction.

Optionally, when the program is executed by the processor 803, thefollowing operations may also be implemented.

Z L1-SINRs may be selected from the at least one L1-SINR; the Z L1-SINRsand identifiers of channel measurement resources and identifiers ofinterference measurement resources corresponding to the Z L1-SINRs maybe reported to the base station; herein the Z is an integer greater thanor equal to 1.

Optionally, the M interference measurement resources may include N firstinterference measurement resources and S second interference measurementresources, the N channel measurement resources and the N firstinterference measurement resource may be in one-to-one correspondence ina predetermined order, and the N channel measurement resources may belocated before the S second interference measurement resources in timedomain.

Optionally, when the program is executed by the processor 803, thefollowing operations may also be implemented.

A channel measurement resource and a first interference measurementresource corresponding to each other may be measured in a same receivingdirection. Receiving directions for different channel measurementresources are different.

At least one L1-SINR may be calculated according to measurement of thechannel measurement resource and the first interference measurementresource corresponding to each other in the same receiving direction.

P L1-SINRs may be selected from the at least one L1-SINR, and Preceiving directions corresponding to the P L1-SINRs may be determined;herein P is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

The S second interference measurement resources may be measured in the Preceiving directions.

The at least one L1-SINR may be calculated, each according tomeasurement of a channel measurement resource and a second interferencemeasurement resource in the same receiving direction.

Optionally, when the program is executed by the processor 803, thefollowing operations may also be implemented.

L L1-SINRs may be selected from the at least one L1-SINR; the L L1-SINRsand an identifier(s) of a channel measurement resource(s) and anidentifier(s) of a second interference measurement resource(s)corresponding to the L L1-SINRs may be reported to the base station;herein the L is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

Referring to FIG. 9, embodiments of the present disclosure provide abase station 90, including a transmitting module 91, configured totransmit resource configuration information for channel measurement andinterference measurement to a terminal. The resource configurationinformation includes N channel measurement resources and M interferencemeasurement resources, and both N and M are integers greater than orequal to 1.

Optionally, the base station further includes a receiving module,configured to receive L1-SINR and an identifier of a channel measurementresource amd/or an identifier of an interference measurement resourcecorresponding to the L1-SINR reported by the terminal.

Optionally, the transmitting module is further configured to transmitQCL configuration information to terminal; herein the QCL configurationinformation is used to configure a channel measurement resource and aninterference measurement resource that have a QCL-Type D relationshipwith each other.

Herein the L1-SINR may be calculated from measurement of a channelmeasurement resource and an interference measurement resource that havea QCL-Type D relationship with each other.

Optionally, M may be equal to N, and the N channel measurement resourcesand N interference measurement resources may be in one-to-onecorrespondence in a predetermined order.

Optionally, the N channel measurement resources may be located beforethe M interference measurement resources in time domain.

Optionally, the M interference measurement resources may include N firstinterference measurement resources and S second interference measurementresources, the N channel measurement resources and the N firstinterference measurement resource may be in one-to-one correspondence ina predetermined order, and the N channel measurement resources may belocated before the S second interference measurement resources in timedomain.

Optionally, the base station further includes a configuration module,configured to when performing multi-user pairing for MU-MIMO, configure,based on the L1-SINRs and identifiers of channel measurement resourcesand/or identifiers of interference measurement resources correspondingto the L1-SINRs reported by the terminal, a receiving beam direction ofa channel measurement resource corresponding to the same L1-SINR in thereported L1-SINRs to the terminal, and configure a receiving beamdirection of an interference measurement resource corresponding to theL1-SINR to another terminal. Herein, the another terminal and theterminal belong to the same multi-user pairing.

Referring to FIG. 10, embodiments of the present disclosure provideanother structure structural diagram of a base station 1000, whichincludes a processor 1001, a transceiver 1002, a memory 1003 and a businterface.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the base station 1000further includes instructions stored in the memory 1003 and executableby the processor 1001. The following operations can be implemented whenthe instructions are executed by the processor 1001.

Resource configuration information for channel measurement andinterference measurement is transmitted to a terminal. The resourceconfiguration information includes N channel measurement resources and Minterference measurement resources, and both N and M are integersgreater than or equal to 1.

In FIG. 10, a bus architecture may include any number of interconnectedbuses and bridges, which are linked together by one or more processorsrepresented by the processor 1001 and various circuits of memoriesrepresented by the memory 1003. The bus architecture may also linktogether a variety of other circuitry such as peripheral equipment,voltage regulator and power management circuit etc., which are wellknown in the art and therefore will not be further described herein. Thebus interface provides the interface. The transceiver 1002 may includemultiple elements, that is, the transceiver 1002 may include atransmitter and a receiver, which provides a unit for communicating withvarious other devices over a transmission medium.

The processor 1001 is responsible for managing the bus architecture andgeneral processing and the memory 1003 may store data used by theprocessor 1001 in performing operations.

Optionally, when the program is executed by the processor 1001, thefollowing operations may also be implemented.

L1-SINR and an identifier of a channel measurement resource and/or anidentifier of an interference measurement resource corresponding to theL1-SINR reported by the terminal may be received.

Optionally, when the program is executed by the processor 1001, thefollowing operations may also be implemented.

QCL configuration information is transmitted to the terminal. The QCLconfiguration information is used to configure a channel measurementresource and an interference measurement resource that have a QCL-Type Drelationship with each other.

An L1-SINR may be calculated from measurement of a channel measurementresource and an interference measurement resource that have a QCL-Type Drelationship with each other.

Optionally, M may be equal to N, and the N channel measurement resourcesand N interference measurement resources may be in one-to-onecorrespondence in a predetermined order.

Optionally, the N channel measurement resources may be located beforethe M interference measurement resources in time domain.

Optionally, the M interference measurement resources may include N firstinterference measurement resources and S second interference measurementresources, the N channel measurement resources and the N firstinterference measurement resource may be in one-to-one correspondence ina predetermined order, and the N channel measurement resources may belocated before the S second interference measurement resources in timedomain.

Optionally, when the program is executed by the processor 1001, thefollowing operations may also be implemented.

When multi-user pairing for MU-MIMO is being performed, based onL1-SINRs and identifiers of channel measurement resources and/oridentifiers of interference measurement resources corresponding to theL1-SINRs reported by the terminal, a receiving beam direction of achannel measurement resource corresponding to a same L1-SINR in thereported L1-SINRs is configured to the terminal, and a receiving beamdirection of an interference measurement resource corresponding to theL1-SINR is configured to another terminal; herein the another terminaland the terminal belong to the same multi-user pairing.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the various example unitsand algorithm steps described in connection with the embodimentsdisclosed herein can be implemented in electronic hardware or acombination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether thesefunctions are performed in hardware or software form depends on specificapplications and design constraints of the technical scheme. Thoseskilled may use different methods for each specific application toimplement the described functions but such implementation should not beconsidered beyond the scope of the present disclosure.

Those skilled in the art will clearly appreciate that for convenienceand conciseness of description, the specific operating processes of theabove-mentioned systems, devices and units may refer to thecorresponding processes in the aforementioned method embodiments andwill not be repeated herein.

In the embodiments provided herein it should be understood that thedisclosed devices and methods may be implemented in other ways. Forexample, the above-mentioned embodiments of the device are onlyschematic. For example, the division of the unit is only a logicalfunctional division, and in practice, there may be another divisionmanner. For example, multiple units or components may be combined orintegrated into another system, or some features may be ignored or notperformed. On the other hand, the coupling or direct coupling orcommunication connection between each other illustrated or discussed maybe indirect coupling or communication connection through some interface,device or unit, and may be electrical, mechanical or other forms.

The units illustrated as separate elements may or may not be physicallyseparated, and the elements displayed as units may or may not bephysical units, i.e., they may be located in one place, or may bedistributed over multiple network units. Some or all of the units may beselected according to actual needs to achieve the objectives of theembodiments of the present disclosure.

In addition, the functional units in various embodiments of the presentdisclosure may be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit mayexist physically individually, or two or more units may be integrated inone unit.

The functions may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium ifimplemented in form of software functional units and sold or used asstand-alone products. Based on such an understanding, the essence of thetechnical solutions of the present disclosure, or the part thatcontributes to the related technologies, or part of the technicalsolutions can be embodied in the form of a software product stored in astorage medium including several instructions, which can be executed bya computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a basestation, etc.) to implement all or part of the operations of themeasurement configuration method described in the various embodiments ofthe present disclosure. The foregoing storage medium includes aUniversal Serial Bus (USB) flash drive, a removable hard disk, aRead-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk,an optical disk, or any other medium that can store program code.

The foregoing description is merely specific embodiments of the presentdisclosure, but the scope of protection of the present disclosure is notlimited hereto. Any variation or replacement readily contemplated bythose skilled in the art within the scope of the present disclosureshould be included within the scope of protection of the presentdisclosure. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present disclosureshall be limited by the scope of protection of the claims.

1. A measurement configuration method, applied to a terminal, the methodcomprising: receiving resource configuration information for channelmeasurement and interference measurement from a base station, whereinthe resource configuration information comprises N channel measurementresources and M interference measurement resources, and both N and M areintegers greater than or equal to
 1. 2. The method of claim 1, whereineach of the channel measurement resources is Channel State InformationReference Signal (CSI-RS) or Synchronization Signal Block (SSB), andeach of the interference measurement resources is CSI-RS.
 3. The methodof claim 1, further comprising: measuring, according to the resourceconfiguration information, the channel measurement resources and theinterference measurement resources, and calculating, according tomeasurement of the channel measurement resources and the interferencemeasurement resources, at least one Layer 1-Signal Interference plusNoise Ratio (L1-SINR).
 4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:receiving first Quasi Co-Location (QCL) configuration information fromthe base station, wherein the first QCL configuration information isused to configure QCL-Type D information of the channel measurementresources and QCL-Type D information of the interference measurementresources, and wherein the L1-SINR is calculated from measurement of achannel measurement resource and an interference measurement resourcethat have a QCL-Type D relationship with each other.
 5. The method ofclaim 3, further comprising: receiving second QCL configurationinformation from the base station, wherein the second QCL configurationinformation is used to configure the QCL-Type D information of thechannel measurement resources, wherein the L1-SINR is calculated frommeasurement of a channel measurement resource and an interferencemeasurement resource which is the same as the channel measurementresource in terms of spatial filtering or QCL-Type D.
 6. The method ofclaim 3, further comprising: reporting, to the base station, the L1-SINRand at least one of an identifier of a channel measurement resourcecorresponding to the L1-SINR or an identifier of an interferencemeasurement resource corresponding to the L1-SINR.
 7. The method ofclaim 1, wherein M is equal to N, and the N channel measurementresources and N interference measurement resources are in one-to-onecorrespondence in a predetermined order.
 8. The method of claim 1,wherein the N channel measurement resources are located before the Minterference measurement resources in time domain.
 9. The method ofclaim 1, wherein the M interference measurement resources comprise Nfirst interference measurement resources and S second interferencemeasurement resources, the N channel measurement resources and the Nfirst interference measurement resource are in one-to-one correspondencein a predetermined order, and the N channel measurement resources arelocated before the S second interference measurement resources in timedomain.
 10. A measurement configuration method, applied to a basestation, the method comprising: transmitting resource configurationinformation for channel measurement and interference measurement to aterminal, wherein the resource configuration information comprises Nchannel measurement resources and M interference measurement resources,and both N and M are integers greater than or equal to
 1. 11. The methodof claim 10, wherein each of the channel measurement resources isChannel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) or SynchronizationSignal Block (SSB), and each of the interference measurement resourcesis CSI-RS.
 12. The method of claim 10, further comprising: receiving aLayer 1-Signal Interference plus Noise Ratio (L1-SINR) and at least oneof an identifier of a channel measurement resource corresponding to theL1-SINR or an identifier of an interference measurement resourcecorresponding to the L1-SINR which are reported by the terminal.
 13. Themethod of claim 10, further comprising: transmitting first QuasiCo-Location (QCL) configuration information to the terminal, wherein thefirst QCL configuration information is used to configure QCL-Type Dinformation of the channel measurement resource and QCL-Type Dinformation of the interference measurement resource, wherein a Layer1-Signal Interference plus Noise Ratio (L1-SINR) is calculated frommeasurement of a channel measurement resource and an interferencemeasurement resource that have a QCL-Type D relationship with eachother.
 14. The method of claim 10, further comprising: transmittingsecond QCL configuration information to the terminal, wherein the secondQCL configuration information is used to configure QCL-Type Dinformation of the channel measurement resources, wherein a Layer1-Signal Interference plus Noise Ratio (L1-SINR) is calculated frommeasurement of a channel measurement resource and an interferencemeasurement resource which is the same as the channel measurementresource in terms of spatial filtering or QCL-Type D.
 15. The method ofclaim 10, wherein M is equal to N, and the N channel measurementresources and N interference measurement resources are in one-to-onecorrespondence in a predetermined order.
 16. The method of claim 10,wherein the N channel measurement resources are located before the Minterference measurement resources in time domain.
 17. The method ofclaim 10, wherein the M interference measurement resources comprise Nfirst interference measurement resources and S second interferencemeasurement resources, the N channel measurement resources and the Nfirst interference measurement resource are in one-to-one correspondencein a predetermined order, and the N channel measurement resources arelocated before the S second interference measurement resources in timedomain.
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 20. A terminal, comprising: aprocessor; a memory; and a program stored in the memory and executableby the processor, wherein the program, when executed by the processor,implement operations of a measurement configuration method of claim 1.21. (canceled)
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 23. A base station, comprising: aprocessor; a memory; and a program stored in the memory and executableby the processor, wherein the program, when executed by the processor,implement operations of a measurement configuration method, comprising:transmitting resource configuration information for channel measurementand interference measurement to a terminal, wherein the resourceconfiguration information comprises N channel measurement resources andM interference measurement resources, and both N and M are integersgreater than or equal to
 1. 24. A non-transitory computer-readablestorage medium, having a computer program stored thereon, wherein thecomputer program, when executed by a processor, implement operations ofthe measurement configuration method of claim 1.